The best record of her life. [Jan 2019, p.85]

On paper it might sound like a filler - nine songs, none of them original, some newly recorded, some not - but to listen to it's wonderful. [May 2022, p.94]

It's arguable that Morrison and his smooth, jazzy pards skew a tad too good-natured - more of OG '50s skiffle's rough bite would not have gone amiss. [Apr 2023, p.82]

Despite no huge leaps forward sonically, there are some fantastic scenes set to song. [Nov 2020, p.83]

How she continues to turn apparent whimsy into profundity borders on the miraculous. [Jun 2018, p.92]

While The London Sessions takes her in fresh new directions, Blige's own identity remains the dominant flavour. [Jan 2015, p.98]

The Last Hero captures them approaching the peak of their powers. [Nov 2016, p.94]

Powerful and anthemic, the trio's driving, Goth-forsaken rock can also be overwhelming and cloying. [Sep 2003, p.99]

An audacious, X-rated treat. [Aug 2006, p.90]

It's the songs--funny, literate, doomed--which get under your skin. [Apr 2009, p.100]

Blanket Of Leaves oozes rueful, autumnal soulfulness; you can almost feel the sea fret during the minimally arranged Ships In The Rain; only A Kingdom, with busy snare drums, hoedown fiddles and raindrop guitars, approaches anything like vigour, offering a welcome change to the mood of wistful languor. [Oct 2011, p.105]

[If You're Dreaming] has a strong vintage feel. [May 2020, p.88]

The overall sense is of a spirited and inventive band truly coming into their own. [Sep 2015, p.87]

In a way, Trampin' is to this decade what Horses was to the '70s: a repudiation of its time, and the promise of a way forward. [Apr 2004, p.98]

Keeps an unsteady path between fine altered-state atmospherica and irritating cosmic twittering. [Feb 2004, p.100]

What they achieve here is hard to get right: lush, summery music-for-pleasure that sounds effortless. [Album of the Month, Sep. 2002, p.92]

Nothing here will change your life, but rest assured that there's also little in the way of filler. (Oct 2000, p.104)

A rich, compelling album. [Jun 2003, p.93]

This is passionate music, delivered with verve. [Mar 2011, p.104]

For the most part it works,Moody, Standard And Poor is a fine exercise in pre-punk '60s garage energy given added zest from the dynamic interplay between his and former Edsel man Sohrab Habibion's dueling guitars. [May 2011, p.110]

[It results] in bubblegum thrash paeans to laziness and forgetfulness, multiple blasts of fiery milquetoast defiance stuffed with beguiling observations on the minor tragedies of everyday life. [Jun 20111, p.104]

Finely etched narratives telltales of aging wunderkinds and tragic figures, the deeds of those famed and flawed, while the music moves in manifold directions, from powerpop to scuzz rock to alt country. [Jun 2011, p.106]

Unabashedly weird, surprising wise, A Turn In The Dream-Songs is Lewis at his most accessible and affecting. [Nov 2011, p.95]

Some have been admirable attempts to anthologise the best of his post-Experience work. others are more dubious. This latest set falls somewhere between the two. [Apr 2013, p.105]

This restless, marauding and cacophonous set captures these most musicianly of b-boys firmly on top of their game. [Jun 2013, p.92]

Altogether, a brilliant and very welcome return. [Jun 2016, p.88]

Parrots invoke a woozy, enthralling chaos that's imbued with a golden, sun-blushed charm. [Sep 2016, p.99]

[Michael Christmas's] relentlessly goofy and incredulous tales about everyday absurdities crown an unconventional marriage made in alt-rap heaven. [Oct 2016, p.97]